CORNWALL, ON – Municipal workers and their supporters will rally outside Cornwall City Hall on Monday evening, in advance of City Council meeting. The majority of these workers, who are represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 234, 3251, 3251-01, and 5734, have been on strike since May 17th. Inside workers have…
CORNWALL, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) held talks today with the City in Cornwall. We anticipate further talks will be held in the days to come. CUPE will make no further statements about today’s talks at this time. Four CUPE locals representing roughly 400 city workers are on strike. -30-…
CORNWALL, ON – Hundreds rallied at Cornwall City Hall today, in support of the now four Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) locals who are on strike. Inside workers joined the three other locals (paramedics, outside workers and library workers) who have been out on strike for nearly a week. As of this morning,…
CORNWALL, ON – As their strike approaches the one-week mark, members of three striking Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) locals will be joined on picket lines by members of the inside workers’ Local 3251, as they too walk off the job in Cornwall on Wednesday, May 23rd. The workers, who are paramedics (Local…
CORNWALL, ON – Picket lines have gone up and more than 230 Cornwall city workers have commenced strike action this morning after Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the City of Cornwall failed to reach an agreement in contract negotiations. Paramedics, outside workers, and library workers are now on strike. “It certainly didn’t…
CORNWALL, ON – Talks between the City of Cornwall and four municipal locals broke down on Tuesday, moving the parties closer to a strike on Thursday, May 17th at 12:01 a.m. by three of the four locals. The workers, who are represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 234, 3251-01 and 5734,…
CORNWALL, ON – The Ministry of Labour now has issued a “no-board report” for CUPE Local 3251, representing inside workers at the City of Cornwall. A strike or lockout deadline is now set for them at 12:01 a.m., May 23rd, following the May 17th deadline for paramedics, outside workers and library workers. The inside…
CORNWALL, ON – The Ministry of Labour has issued a “no-board report”, setting a strike or lockout deadline for Cornwall municipal workers of 12:01 a.m., May 17th. The workers, who are represented by CUPE Locals 234, 3251-01 and 5734, work for the City in “outside” jobs, at the library, and as paramedics. (Members of…
CORNWALL, ON – Municipal workers in Cornwall have asked a Ministry of Labour conciliation officer to issue a “no-board report”, which will trigger a strike/lockout deadline once issued. The request comes after two recent conciliation dates failed to produce an agreement between the parties. The workers, who are represented by CUPE Locals 234, 3251-01…
TORONTO, ON – PortsToronto and 91 of its hourly and salaried employees have ratified a new six-year collective agreement. A joint statement issued by PortsToronto and the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416) stated, “This new agreement will provide workers with improvements to their wages…
